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If your rejoinder to the ongoing immigration-related horror shows and government abuses or callousness of the Trump era is always, “well where were u when Obama...” then boi do I have news for you about how immigration advocates and the activist left reacted in the Obama era
This was at a time when the vast majority of the right was critical of Obama for not being brutal *enough*. Now that they have a preferred reality with Trump, they wanna turn around and... make others feel bad about the last president?
Treat this kind of childish shit with the exact type of respect and loud swearing it deserves
Some will ask how did “The Media” conduct itself on this during Obama. Well, I’m not going to do all your googling for you, but from personal experience, I worked at @MotherJones in that era. If you google mother jones Obama immigration, it speaks for itself
And if your argument is cable news has paid attention to these types of outrages or conditions in a way they didn’t during Obama, I haven’t conducted a side by side, but taking your premise, how do you explain media spotlights on Obama drone wars vs. paltry amount in Trump era?
Does this mean The Media is giving Trump a pass on flying death machines and their civilian casualties in a way they didn’t give Obama? Is it surprising to you that some forms of media cover different things in different years
Anyway, people are dying and kids are suffering nowadays, so maybe keep your eye on the ball, 🤷♀️
